Class XML

java.lang.Object
net.sf.statcvs.pages.xml.XML

public final class XML extends Object
TODO: Can we turn this into an abstract base class of MarkupHTML and MarkupXDoc?
Version:
$Id: XML.java,v 1.5 2009/03/13 23:04:28 benoitx Exp $
Author:
Anja Jentzsch, Richard Cyganiak (richard@cyganiak.de)
  • Method Details

    • getLink

      public static String getLink(String link, String linkName)
      Creates a HTML representation of a hyperlink
      Parameters:
      link - URL
      linkName - Name of the Link
      Returns:
      String HTML code of the hyperlink
    • getLink

      public static String getLink(String link, String linkName, String prefix, String suffix)
      Creates a HTML representation of a hyperlink
      Parameters:
      link - URL
      linkName - Name of the Link
      prefix - A prefix to be inserted before the link label; no HTML escaping is performed
      prefix - A suffix to be inserted after the link label; no HTML escaping is performed
      Returns:
      String HTML code of the hyperlink
    • getAuthorLink

      public static String getAuthorLink(Author author)
      Returns HTML code for a link to an author page
      Parameters:
      author - the author
      Returns:
      HTML code for the link
    • getAuthorIdLink

      public static String getAuthorIdLink(Author author)
      Returns HTML code for a link to an author Id page
      Parameters:
      author - the author
      Returns:
      HTML code for the link
    • getDate

      public static String getDate(Date date)
      Returns HTML code for a date
      Parameters:
      date - the date
      Returns:
      HTML code for the date
    • getDateAndTime

      public static String getDateAndTime(Date date)
      Returns HTML code for a date, including time
      Parameters:
      date - the date
      Returns:
      HTML code for the date
    • getDirectoryLink

      public static String getDirectoryLink(Directory directory)
      Returns HTML code for a directory page link
      Parameters:
      directory - a directory
      Returns:
      HTML code for the link
    • getIcon

      public static String getIcon(String iconFilename)
      Generates HTML for an icon
      Parameters:
      iconFilename - an icon filename (HTMLOutput.XXXX_ICON constants)
      Returns:
      HTML string
    • escapeAuthorName

      public static String escapeAuthorName(String authorName)

      Escapes evil characters in author's names. E.g. "#" must be escaped because for an author "my#name" a page "author_my#name.html" will be created, and you can't link to that in HTML

      TODO: Replace everything *but* known good characters, instead of just evil ones
      Parameters:
      authorName - an author's name
      Returns:
      a version safe for creation of files and URLs
    • escapeDirectoryName

      public static String escapeDirectoryName(String directoryName)
    • escape

      public static String escape(String text)
      Escapes HTML meta characters "invalid input: '&'", "invalid input: '<'", ">" and turns "\n" line breaks into HTML line breaks ("
      ");
      Parameters:
      text - some string, for example "x > 0 invalid input: '&'invalid input: '&' y invalid input: '<' 100"
      Returns:
      HTML-escaped string, for example "x > 0 && y < 100"